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This chapter provides an introduction to scientific investigations, methods, observations, and communication.
Categories: Science , Biology , Biological Principles , Characteristics of Living Things
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: cell theory , hypothesis , homeostasis , scientific method
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:14 PM
Foundations of Life Science
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This chapter covers matter, the significance of carbon, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, amino acids, biochemical, and chemical properties and reactions.
Categories: Science , Biology , Chemical Basis of Life , Acids and Bases
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: ph , lipid , acidity , carbohydrate
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:03 PM
Chemical Basis of Life
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This chapter introduces cell structure and function, features of prokaryotic, eukaryotic, plant, and animal cells. General structures and functions of DNA, RNA, protein, cell transport, and homeostasis.
Categories: Science , Biology , Biological Principles , Characteristics of Living Things
Grades: 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: diffusion , cell-signaling mechanism , organelle , osmosis
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Cell Structure and Function
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This chapter covers the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem, and how oxygen cycles through photosynthesis and respiration.
Categories: Biology , Cells , Cell Structure and Function , Eurkaryote Cells
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: carbon dioxide , calvin cycle , carbon , chemical equation
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Photosynthesis
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This chapter introduces cellular respiration and its relationship to glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle, and the electron transport chain.
Categories: Science , Biology , Cells , Cell Structure and Function
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: anaerobic , oxygen , aerobic , eutrophication
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Cellular Respiration
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This chapter covers cell division, the process of producing new cells, and sexual and asexual reproduction.
Categories: Science , Biology , Cells , Cell Division
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: haploid , alternation of generations , gametogenesis , cancer
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Cell Division and Reproduction
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This chapter covers Mendelian genetics, inheritance, probability, dominant, recessive, and sex-linked traits.
Categories: Science , Biology , Genetics , Mendelian Genetics
Grades: 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: incomplete dominance , phenotype , true-breeding , mendelian genetics
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Mendelian Genetics
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This chapter covers DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, mutation, and regulation of gene expression.
Categories: Science , Biology , Cells , Cell Structure and Function
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: chase , hershey , mutation , avery
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Molecular Genetics
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This chapter covers the human genome and genetic diseases/disorders, including autosomal vs. sex-linked inheritance patterns.
Categories: Science , Biology , Cells , Cell Division
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: mutation , autosomal , pleiotropy , inheritance
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
Human Genetics
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This chapter covers DNA technology, The Human Genome Project, and gene cloning.
Categories: Science , Biology , Chemical Basis of Life , Organic Compounds
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: southern blot , short tandem repeat , legal , polymerase chain reaction
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Biotechnology
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This chapter introduces the Evolution of Life, macroevolution, mass extinctions, episodic speciation, and responses to environmental and geographic changes.
Categories: Science , Biology , History of Life , Fossil Record
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: evolution: microevolution and macroevolution , mass extinctions , molecular clock , precambrian
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
History of Life
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This chapter covers Darwin's Theory of Evolution, the common ancestry of all life and natural selection, including fossils, comparative anatomy and embryology, molecular biology, and biogeography.
Categories: Science , Biology , Evolution , Evolutionary Theory
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: recombinant dna , repeat , molecular biology , codis
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Evolutionary Theory
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This chapter covers the genetics of populations, genetic diseases in populations, mutations, and natural selection.
Categories: Science , Biology , Evolution , Evolution in Populations
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: molecular clock , microevolution , gene pool , radiometric dating
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Evolution in Populations
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This chapter covers taxonomy, the scientific classification of organisms, from classification based on form and function to modern classifications based on molecular analysis.
Categories: Science , Biology , Classification , Modern Classification System
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: phylogenetic tree , taxa , species , phylogenetic classification
Created: Nov. 16, 2009 10:42 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Classification
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This chapter covers ecology and its relationship to energy, ecosystems, and the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles.
Categories: Science , Biology , Ecology , Biogeochemical Cycles
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: ecology , environment , ecosystem , nitrogen cycle
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Principles of Ecology
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This chapter covers both terrestrial and aquatic biomes as well as community interactions such as predation, competition, and symbiosis. Ecological succession is also discussed.
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Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: biome , boreal forest , symbiosis , estuary
Created: Nov. 16, 2009 10:43 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Biomes, Ecosystems, and Communities
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This chapter covers the biology of natural populations as related to human populations and analyzes dynamics such as growth rates, geometric and logistic growth patterns, and limits to population growth.
Categories: Science , Biology , Characteristics of Populations , Growth of Human Populations
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: k-selected , survivorship curve , density-dependent , models of population growth
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Populations
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This chapter covers the delicate balance between humans and the earth; addressing natural resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, soils, land, water, and the atmosphere.
Categories: Science , Biology , Ecology , Air Pollution
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: industry , alien species , global warming , greenhouse effect
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Ecology and Human Actions
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This chapter covers the human body and its systems, including cells, tissues, and organs.
Categories: Science , Biology , Human Biology , The Human Body
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: homeostasis , dynamic equilibrium , zygote , homeostatic regulation
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:51 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
The Human Body
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This chapter covers the structures and functions of the nervous and endocrine systems. Consequences of homeostatic imbalance in these systems is also addressed.
Categories: Science , Biology , Human Biology , Endocrine System
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: exocrine gland , tolerance , cerebral cortex , endocrine gland
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:52 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Nervous and Endocrine Systems
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This chapter covers the structures and functions of the skeletal, muscular, integumentary systems, and the consequences of homeostatic imbalance in these systems.
Categories: Science , Biology , Human Biology , Integumentary System
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: dermis , bone marrow , hypertrophy , skeletal muscle
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:52 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Skeletal, Muscular, and Integumentary Systems
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This chapter covers the structures and functions of the circulatory and respiratory systems, and the consequences of homeostatic imbalance in these systems.
Categories: Science , Biology , Human Biology , Circulatory System
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: imbalance , fibrin , valves , coronary circulation
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:52 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
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This chapter covers the food pyramid and the digestive and excretory systems.
Categories: Science , Biology , Human Biology , Digestive System
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: digestive system , kidney , carbohydrate , nutrient
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:52 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
Digestive and Excretory Systems
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This chapter covers how the body fights diseases. The body's immune system, inflammatory response, and defenses against pathogens.
Categories: Science , Biology , Human Biology , Disease
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: lymphatic system , allergy , inflammatory response , pathogens
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:52 PM
Last Edited: Jan. 19, 2012 02:15 PM
Immune System and Disease
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This chapter covers the male and female reproductive systems, the reproductive lifecycle, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Categories: Science , Biology , Reproductive System and Human Development , Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Grades: 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
Organizations: CK-12 Foundation
Tags: embryo , sperm , menopause , sexually transmitted disease
Created: Oct. 09, 2009 02:52 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
Reproductive System and Human Development
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Created: May. 28, 2010 01:33 PM
Last Edited: Sep. 26, 2011 04:04 PM
Appendix: Biology I
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CK-12 Biology I - Honors
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CK-12 Biology I - Honors is a high school FlexBook covering five units: Cell Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, and Physiology.

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Chemical Basis of Life
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Foundations of Life Science
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